Gudsen’s Moza AirCross gimbal can provide both stabilization and power

Gudsen has launched a new gimbal that’s aimed at mirrorless photographers. With a payload of 3.9lbs/1.8kg, the new Moza AirCross can provide stabilization to a mirrorless body even when it's fitted with a cinema lens, and a new in-handle option can provide power to Sony and Panasonic cameras while they're shooting.

The Moza AirCross offers a more lightweight alternative to the Moza Air—which is aimed at compact system cameras and small DSLR users. It also has a number of newer features, including a claimed 12-hour battery life, and the ability to accept power from an external power bank.

The handle holds three 2000mAh batteries that can run the gimbal all day, or be used to power a range of compatible Sony and Panasonic cameras via a dummy battery pack that fits inside the camera. As the gimbal can also take power from a portable power bank, Gudsen claims that users need never run out of juice.

Another new feature is a quick release system that is compatible with both Manfrotto 501PL and Arca type quick release plates. The system allows users to remove a camera from the gimbal head and refit it later without having to rebalance the whole rig. Auto-tuning via the Moza app ensures the gimbal remains balanced for the weight and distribution of the attached equipment, and the gyroscopes are said to offer calibration-free IMU technology.

Gudsen has also added roll-follow to yaw-follow and yaw-pitch-follow to the range of movements on offer, and users can expect to be able to tilt between -175° and +135°, and achieve 360° of yaw and roll.

The gimbal itself weighs 896g and 1/4in threaded ports allow accessories, microphones and monitors to be mounted on the handle. The AirCross can produce move-stop-shoot-move long-exposure timelapse sequences with a fully programmable path via the Gudsen app, and the accessory thumb-controller provides wireless mimic-movements when mounted on the optional handle-bars.

Certain Sony and Panasonic models can have stop/start recording controlled via the main handle, while some Canon DSLR models can have their focus controlled too. Gudsen has promised that firmware updates in the future will add aperture control to the AirCross.

The Gudsen Moza AirCross is on sale now for $420 at the Gudsen website.

Yahtzee! Looks like I found the Gimbal I was looking for. I'll wait until reviews come in, obviously, but this is more feature rich than the Crane V2 and DJI that was just announced, though the DJI still has my interest peaked depending on price.

This maybe a somewhat ignorant question, but how long a lens do gimbles like this work with. I'm not as concerned with balancing as much as damping the camera shake. That is a tall order at 200+mm. I would be very interested in using one with a long lens for sports video, but not sure if i would be much better of with a well damped tripod head. I'd love to be able to move with the action and obviously a tripod can't do that.

FINALLY a manufacturer smart enough, and respectful enough of our time and workflow, to offer us a gimbal with universal Arca Swiss AND Manfrotto 501 compatibility out of the box! We should let other manufacturers know that we expect nothing less from them as well. I already emailed DJI and Feiyu-Tech to let them know that they NEED to give their gimbals this same kind of compatibility. Manufacturers that provide incompatible, proprietary quick-release plates that force us to keep juggling between different plates do nothing short of spitting in the face of productivity.

Get the message out there to your favorite gimbal manufacturers: "COMPATIBILITY OR DIE!" Now that Gudsen was smart enough to wake up to our needs, hopefully all manufacturers will follow suit!

I guess they are not big fans of Nikon looking at the list of supported cameras. or is it because Nikon cameras are no suited to video recording? Even the a6000 isn't supported, and that's one of Sony's best sellers.

A couple of days ago, I bought a gimbal for my smartphone, the Zhiyun Smooth Q, which I returned the next day. I had trouble balancing the gimbal and neither the Android app (which seems to be a really old version compared to IOS version) nor the Windows app, couldn't get it to balance properly. The Windows application crashed after every two seconds. The Zhiyun Android app seems to be really outdated and handicapped. Shooting in 1080p 30fps is the maximum.So I sent it back and I will get the DJI Osmo Mobile in its place (which is somewhat more expensive). That will take a week or so and then I can try it out.

I have considered buying a gimbal for my Sony a6300 but the screen is totally useless when shooting 4k video (it is far too dark to see anything in less than dim conditions). That reminds me of the fact that most screens on cameras, even the very expensive ones, seems to be totally inferior to the screen of the better smartphones.

I have an a6500 and use the viewfinder quite successful on a gimbal! Used a Zhiyun Crane 1 and now a Moza Air (full version, not the Cross). Only need to tilt the grip a bit to the front, also be careful not to touch the camera, but that works even in the brightest sun!

Yes, only 4K 25p! The screen dims in 4K, forget about it outsides. That´s the reason why I use the viewfinder. It´s possible quite comfortable with the crane v1 (enough space to put an eye on the viewfinder without touching the gimbal) and also possible with the Moza Air (bigger brother of the Aircross). With the Moza Air I have to bring the handgrip a bit forward since the rollbar is a bit to long, covers a part of the camera.It´s important not to touch the camera/gimbal while filming, so keep some some little distance to the viewfinder. But it works quite fine even in bright sunlight! Had the gear (Crane) with me to Corse last year - stunning results!

I would be very cautious of the CUSTOMER SUPPORT from this company. I sent two emails to them (one to the sales dept and one to their technical support) 2 weeks ago and to date have had no response at all!

I had some questions about the Moza AirCross prior to pre-ordering. Suffice it to say, I have not ordered this gimbal.

Try 6 emails 3 phone calls and 3 months for DJI to respond and actually do anything! Good luck with any legacy problems. Seems they don't care to support 'older' products like my Phantom 3 Pros. And the apps that control them are basically abandoned. ( DJI GO) Read some of the LATEST feedback and firmware horror stories from frustrated owners before you buy DJI.

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